Having issues making friends in-game. Am I missing something?

[Zarabeth]

I've made most of my friends by making a linkshell to help new people. It's wonderful how many friends I've made simply by helping them out. If all else fails move to Leviathan and I'll add you to my linkshell and you can make friends there!

[Alucard135]

Hunts are a good way, but you won't notice much of an attention towards level 50 and 60 zones since people can solo them easily now. At 70 you'd probably start to get more crowd involved.

Ironically, Frontline PVP is the low level content that you'll get a decent crowd of people that you might see more than once and might make friends there (I made some who shared my devotion to the fat chocobo!!). And now with the event, the queue times are not bad at all. And on the plus side, you get tomes to exchange for rewards and the Garo stuff.

[SenorPatty]

My problem is sort of the reverse. I can be talkative, participate in social events and eventually make friends. The problem is that I don't know how to keep those connections. I just...slink out of everyone's radar, basically melding in the background completely unseen and unnoticed and I hate myself for doing so. I know why I'm like this cuz for a very long time when I was a kid, I used to move a lot so I never made long lasting relationships but you'd think by now, I would've gotten better.

At this point, I feel like Casper the friendly ghost: Here today to bring you a smile, gone tomorrow without even saying goodbye.

[Crushnight]

i've made a lot of my friends through raiding, good to just be in voice chat and when going for a static(if into that) can help break the ice a bit since it is common ground etc.

[Minako_Nightsong]

I have never made real friends in mmos. I meet people and add them to my friends' list then never seem to speak to them much, I just wave and emote smile if I happen to run across them.

When I am playing, my keyboard sits on my knees because I use my tv as my monitor and it's very comfy. I made myself a lot of emotes to say hello and good-bye and to convey basic emotes and messages since it's very hard to type this way. To type out a conversation, I need to place the keyboard on the coffee table and sit on the edge of the couch.

It's weird but I like to play with other people but I only talk sometimes in NN.

[SamSmoot]

I used to have friends, but maintaining them was too much work, so I just stopped looking for them many years ago..

[DynnDiablos]

I've been playing MMOs for years, but it has been a long time since I've been new to an MMO, so I've been trying to find a group of other players I can talk to and play alongside.

People I meet in the Duty Finder are usually amiable, but they don't talk much and focus on getting through the dungeon as quickly as possible - little room for small talk.

I've joined an FC, which I chat with, but I can't play with them because they're running high-level content I'm not allowed to access yet.

Even though my server is high population and the cities are crowded, I never run into anybody out in the world doing the same quests I am; the world feels empty.

I've looked around on other sites and joined a couple of Discords for newer players, but the people there are usually on different servers than I am.

Is there a better way to meet people who are new to the game and I can play with? Or will I have to stick it out until I'm max level to meet people?

Thanks in advance!

I am on Aether and would happily be your friend and run content. I am on Faerie but can easily hop onto Gilgamesh Let's make a time to meet up and add to friends lists.

[Novae]

I have the same problem. I've been playing for ~ 11 months, have a lot of people on my friends list BUT I've never felt this alone in a MMO. Don't get me wrong, I've met wonderful and really friendly persons, but most of time, they are new, and are so far behind that we couldn't really play together, well do current content together. I've run countless low level dungeons/trials to help them, killed way to many ARR ex primals for their ponies, just to remain alone at 70, then 80, spamming roulettes and PF.
ANd now that some are 80, they play with their RL friends OR just quit.

I'm glad to be a mentor just for the NN access though. It helps alleviating the solitude. I wish I'd be better at making friends, but I have great hopes for the incoming fellowships system. Being able to find players looking for the same things as me could be a game changer for me.

I wish you the best, hopefully you'll find a great group of friends to play with.

[Rasikko]

My problem is that I'm looking for a real friendship and not a shallow one..

DF is part of the problem, but not the main problem. People just wanna go in and get out as soon as possible and talking can prolong that. SE has certainly taken notice of the "DF problem" and has been implementing ways to make it more socially friendly. Contacts was added some time ago where we can see who we partied with and maybe can form something through that. Then there is World Visit. SE can only do so much, it is we who have to take steps forward.

[KitingGenbu]

For everyone looking to make friends, maybe try this thread since there were some posts made this month: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/312294

or wait until fellowships go live and try doing stuff that way. You can still make/join a cross-world linkshell and just use the visit world feature (some newer people might not know this option exists) to meet up and do stuff together.